Editors’ Collection

Our Best Birthday Cakes

Celebrate your favorite person with these delicious birthday cakes from NYT Cooking.

Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Yossy Arefi.

Recipes

Classic White Cake
Yossy Arefi
254 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
254
2 hours 20 minutes
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Chocolate Layer Cake
Claire Saffitz
1214 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,214
2¼ hours
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Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson
4454 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,454
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Strawberry Layer Cake
Lisa Donovan
198 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
198
2 hours 40 minutes
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Carrot Cake
Dorie Greenspan
11398 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11,398
1 hour 30 minutes, plus at least 15 minutes' refrigeration
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Chocolate Birthday Cake
Eric Kim
426 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
426
1 hour 20 minutes, plus cooling and chilling
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Strawberry Lemonade Cake
Yossy Arefi
1179 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,179
90 minutes, plus 50 minutes cooling and chilling
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Princess Cake
Nicola Lamb
377 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
377
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Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
1652 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,652
About 2 hours
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Chocolate-Chocolate Birthday Cake
Dorie Greenspan
3375 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,375
Baking and cooling: About 3 hours
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Rum-Raisin Carrot Cake
Vaughn Vreeland
265 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
265
2¼ hours
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Baked Alaska
Lidey Heuck
135 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
135
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Southern Red Velvet Cake
Kim Severson, Adams Extract Company
3567 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,567
1 hour
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Chocolate Birthday Cake Butter Mochi
Sara Bonisteel, Sheldon Simeon
907 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
907
1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling
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Vanilla Cake
Lidey Heuck
480 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
480
1 hour and 50 minutes
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Strawberry and Cream Layer Cake
Claire Saffitz
2461 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,461
2 hours
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Coconut Layer Cake
Melissa Clark, Larissa Raphael
1747 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,747
2 hours, plus cooling
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Yellow Sheet Cake With Chocolate Frosting
Erin Jeanne McDowell
2147 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,147
45 minutes
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Gluten-Free Yellow Sheet Cake
Brian Levy
96 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
96
1 hour 10 minutes, plus cooling (or 3 hours with frosting)
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Southern Caramel Cake
Millie Peartree
2008 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,008
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Classic Birthday Cake
Alison Roman
2301 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,301
About 1 hour 15 minutes plus chilling
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Hawaiian Guava Cake
Kiera Wright-Ruiz, Alana Kysar
1414 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,414
50 minutes, plus chilling
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Lemon Cupcakes
Samantha Seneviratne
268 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
268
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Cardamom Cream Cake
Melissa Clark
971 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
971
2½ hours, plus cooling
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Black Forest Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1101 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,101
1½ hours, plus chilling
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Seis Leches Cake
Melissa Clark
1826 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,826
1 hour, plus cooling and chilling
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Blackout Cake
The New York Times, Ebinger’s
2292 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,292
3 hours plus chilling
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Sponge Cake
Claire Saffitz
2156 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,156
50 minutes
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Ambrosia Cake
Melissa Clark
502 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
502
3 hours
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Hummingbird Cake
Vallery Lomas
1804 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,804
1 hour
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Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
Margaux Laskey, Odette Williams
726 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
726
50 minutes, plus soaking
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Magnolia Bakery’s Cupcakes
Susan Campos
3529 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,529
About 45 minutes
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Cranberry-Lemon Stripe Cake
Tejal Rao, Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh
563 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
563
2 hours, plus baking/cooling
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Devil's Food White-Out Cake
Emily Weinstein, Dorie Greenspan
294 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
294
1 hour 40 minutes, plus 1 hour's refrigeration
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Milk and Honey Cake
Melissa Clark, Odette Williams
1368 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,368
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Ruth Reichl’s Giant Chocolate Cake
Kim Severson, Ruth Reichl
2300 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,300
1½ hours
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Red Velvet Cupcakes
Millie Peartree
676 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
676
45 minutes
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Chocolate Church Cake
Lisa Donovan
1908 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,908
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4669 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,669
1 hour 15 minutes
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Peach-Raspberry Ice Cream Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
335 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
335
1 hour, plus 8 hours' chilling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Crepe Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
466 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
466
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Lisbon Chocolate Cake
Dorie Greenspan
5102 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,102
About 1 hour, plus cooling
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Spumoni Ice Cream Cake
Ali Slagle
872 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
872
50 minutes, plus 6 hours’ freezing
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Chocolate Chestnut Cake
David Tanis, Alice Medrich
489 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
489
1 hour
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Birthday Baked Alaska
Dorie Greenspan, Zoë François
683 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
683
About 1 hour, plus at least 7 hours’ freezing
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Chocolate-Cherry Cake
Eric Kim
570 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
570
1 hour, plus cooling
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Orange Creamsicle Ice Cream Cake
Ali Slagle
787 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
787
20 minutes, plus 2 hours’ freezing
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Texas Sheet Cake
Genevieve Ko
1293 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,293
45 minutes, plus cooling
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